Open source software is prevalent in almost any codebase today, and it’s assuredly only going to grow larger. According to a 2024 analysis by the Harvard Business School, the supply side value of open ...

Some software developers and companies are considering whether the open source movement is at a crossroads and needs to change direction. Open-source software (OSS), which originated in the 1960s with ...

Companies (including through the use of AI) are increasingly reliant on open source software to expedite their software development. A recent case filed in California, SFC v. Vizio, calls upon the ...

It is hard to make a living in the open source software business, although it is possible, through the contributions of many, to make great software. In many ways, HashiCorp is arguably the standard ...

More than 10 years ago, the trend toward permissive licensing was so pronounced that RedMonk analyst James Governor declared, “Younger [developers] today are about POSS—post open source software.

Generative AI is erasing open source code provenance. FOSS reciprocity collapses when attribution and ownership disappear. The commons that built AI may not survive its success. We live in an ...

Adam Stone writes on technology trends from Annapolis, Md., with a focus on government IT, military and first-responder technologies. In the city of Dallas, Interim CIO Brian Gardner needs to manage ...